Chapter 306: Human skin drum, ghosts cry for injustice
“Dong dong dong…”
The strange drum sound in the middle of the night has been ringing non-stop since it appeared.
The rhythm of the drum beat is neither too fast nor too slow, maintaining the same frequency as the heart, giving everyone who hears it a strange feeling of irritability and discomfort.
In the Demon Suppression Department, the night watchmen who had finally managed to endure the heat and fell asleep were woken up one after another.
When they first woke up, they were still a little confused and did not recognize the sound of drums, so they blamed each other.
“Who the hell is this? He snores so loudly that he can’t let anyone sleep?”
“Lao Shi, please stop sleeping and wake up quickly. Is it because you are snoring?”
“Fuck your mother’s shit, I’m awake! Besides, how can my snoring be so loud? Why didn’t you say it was the sound of you grinding your teeth and farting?”
“Can I fart continuously and make loud noises?”
After the brief dispute, the night watchmen became much more awake and realized that the constant "dong-dong" sound was indeed not like grinding teeth, farting, and snoring.
Zhu Xiucai did not participate in the dispute. He had been listening attentively. At this moment, he greeted: "Stop making noise, this sound is coming from outside!"
A night watchman was overjoyed when he heard this and guessed: "It can't be the sound of thunder? Is it going to rain? That's really an eye-opener! With this rain, the drought in Mianyuan County will definitely be alleviated."
Quite a few.”
“It’s not thunder.”
Cui Youyou listened carefully, shook his head and said, "This sound is a bit like beating a drum."
“Bang the drum?”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they were all surprised: "Why is there someone playing drums in the middle of the night?"
Cui Youying was also puzzled. His intuition told him that there was something strange about the sound of the drum.
So he couldn't sit still anymore, jumped up from the big bunk, grabbed a piece of clothing, put it on, opened the door and walked out.
Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and others followed closely behind, and other night watchmen also got out of bed.
Everyone wants to see what the drum sound is all about in the middle of the night.
Could it be that a midnight snack was delivered to your door?
As Zhu Xiucai walked away, he greeted him: "Hey, wait a minute, Master. You are wearing the wrong clothes. Those pants are mine..."
As soon as everyone walked out of Datongpu, they saw Qin Shaoyou standing in the yard, fully armed.
A patrol officer on duty at night was reporting to Qin Shaoyou with a strange expression.
Cui Youyou and others immediately joined in.
Zhu Xiucai, holding up his trousers, also joined in to listen.
I heard the patrol officer say: "Sir, the sound of this drum comes from the drum of injustice in front of the county government office..."
The grievance drum is a drum set up in front of the government offices at all levels, also called the grievance drum, which is specially used by the people to complain to the officials.
The so-called "beating drums to complain about grievances" comes from this.
But who would sound the drum of grievance in the middle of the night?
You should know that Mianyuan County, like Luocheng, has a curfew system.
Especially after Li Anan and other Black Lotus sect demons attempted to establish the Black Lotus Buddhist Kingdom in Mianyuan County, Mianyuan County became even stricter on the curfew.
So Zhu Xiucai and others were very surprised and asked all kinds of questions:
“Who is it that sounds the drum of grievance?”
“How did he escape the night patrol and run to the county government office to beat the drum?”
“Where is the person who complained of injustice? Why wasn’t he brought in?”
Hearing people's inquiries, the patrol officer on duty at night shook his head and said, "No one is beating the drum. The drum of injustice is played by oneself."
“The drum of grievance is sounding on its own?”
Hearing this, Zhu Xiucai, Cui Youxu and others finally understood why the patrol officer's expression was so strange.
Qin Shaoyou also looked surprised.
Although he recognized that it was the sound of a drum and heard that the sound came from outside the Yamen, he did not expect that this was actually the sound made by the grievance drum without anyone beating it.
what is this?
Is it a case of complaining about injustice?
Or are there demons who are good at becoming invisible, hiding in the dark and beating it?
No matter what the possibility is, it seems to be related to demons and ghosts.
Then what is the intention of this demon in beating the drum of grievance?
Qin Shaoyou was surprised but also a little curious. He immediately said hello: "Let's go out and have a look."
Then he strode towards the outside of the Yamen of the Zhenyao Division.
Zhu Xiucai, Cui Youxu and others hurriedly followed.
At the same time, do not forget to ask your subordinates to bring enough weapons and equipment in case of emergency.
Sun Xianzong also arranged for a few people who were good at archery to climb onto the courtyard wall with bows and crossbows to take charge of warning and cover.
As soon as Qin Shaoyou and the others walked out of the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Department, the door on the other side of the county government office also opened.
Several government officials were hiding behind the door, shivering, and peeping their heads.
An Mutongze and Fifth Sister strode out.
The fifth sister held a spear in her hand and a knife hanging from her waist.
An Mutong is holding a long sword.
Seeing Qin Shaoyou and the night watchman coming, An Mutong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded towards him.
Qin Shaoyou also nodded in response, and then turned his attention to the injustice drum at the gate of the county government office.
The diameter of this drum is nearly one meter. The drum surface is dark yellow with many spots. It is placed on a wooden stand.
At this moment, there was no one around the drum, nor any trace of demons.
Cui Yougui also used his spiritual power to sense it, and said that he did not notice any demons and ghosts sounding the drum of injustice around him.
Although he was watched by everyone, the drum of grievance was still sounding.
Everyone can even clearly see that its eardrum is vibrating, just like the beating of a heart.
The night watchmen quickly assumed a fighting stance and surrounded the grievance drum.
Different from the trembling government servants, they all behaved very excitedly, as if they were "happy when they hear the demon", and they were still discussing among themselves in low voices:
“It’s really the drum of grievance that keeps sounding on its own.”
“Isn’t this grievance becoming a spirit? Then can’t we have extra food tonight?”
“Why haven’t you given the order, sir, for us to rush forward and destroy this drum?”
The government officials who were hiding in the county government office were shocked and puzzled after hearing what the night watchman said.
What does this false accusation have to do with extra meals?
And these night watchmen, why are they so looking forward to extra meals? Isn’t it possible that the Demon Suppression Division doesn’t even have enough to eat on weekdays?
Not to mention that the government officials did not understand, the night watchmen retained in the Demon Department of Mianyuan County also did not understand why these colleagues who were transferred from Luocheng had such expectations for the haunted ghosts.
It seems that what they are facing is not some monster, but...a delicious banquet?
Qin Shaoyou and Cui Youwei walked to the drum of injustice with full vigilance.
After some inspection, Cui Youyou said: "It's not that the drum has become a spirit, but there is a ghost sealed in this drum..."
Qin Shaoyou touched the constantly vibrating eardrum with a solemn expression: "This eardrum is not cowhide, but human skin!"
“Human skin drum?”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
They are not afraid of this evil thing, but are surprised why there is a human skin drum in front of the county government office?
Moreover, this human-skin drum was used as a grievance drum, and there was even a ghost sealed inside!
Who operated this? What was his intention? Is he provoking the county government and the Demon Suppression Department?
What does this human skin drum mean when it sounds in the middle of the night?
Judging from the current situation, it seems to just make a drum sound and do nothing else.
Absolutely not, it is really beating a drum to cry out injustice, right?
“A ghost complains about injustice? Such a thing is not common.”
Cui Youyou looked at the human skin drum, then at Qin Shaoyou, couldn't help laughing, shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Qin, you really attract monsters and ghosts. Wherever you go, trouble will happen...
"
Qin Shaoyou smiled bitterly.
It’s really hard to explain this.
Even he was doubting whether he really had a magical physique like a 'dead primary school student'. Wherever he went, something would happen to him, right?
However, Zhu Xiucai had a different view.
He shook his head and refuted Cui Youhang's words seriously.
"Old Taoist, what you said is wrong. This ghost is crying for injustice. Doesn't it mean that we, the master, have decided the case fairly? Is it Master Qingtian? Even the ghost knows that when we, the master, come, Mianyuan County will be at peace. We, the master, are here.
There will be a clear sky. Otherwise, why would ghosts beat drums and complain about injustice outside the gate of our Demon Suppression Department?"
Cui Yougui was dumbfounded.
This flattery is too loud, right?
Qin Shaoyou glanced at Zhu Xiucai with satisfaction and said to himself: As expected of someone who has passed the examination, he can indeed speak!